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This study examines the development of linguistic consciousness in thirteenth-century Hispano-Romance by analyzing the relationship between the terms latin and romance in works sponsored by Alfonso X. In the article, the author demonstrates that numerous lexical items (e.g., injuria, negligencia, suspension, inquisicion) were already a part of Romance vocabulary despite their labeling as latin in the Alfonsine texts ('iniuria en latin tanto quiere dezir en romance commo desonrra que es fecha o dicha aotro a tuerto o a despreciamiento del,' Siete Partidas). Framed within the (later stages of the) 'complex monolingualism' approach proposed by Roger Wright, the author also argues that, as Hispano-Romance speakers in Castile expanded their cultural knowledge, the term latin became associated with the areas from which vocabulary was taken to supply new scientific or pseudo-scientific expressions. The designation latin, in the contexts under scrutiny, was perceived not as a language but as a lexical register marker in the higher sociolects of the vernacular. Keywords: Alfonso X, Hispano-Romance, language names, Latin, linguistic consciousness, Una de las propuestas de mayor trascendencia del homenajeado, Roger Wright, en su notable contribucion al estudio de la linguistica romanica se condensa en el sintagma monolinguismo complejo. De esta [...]